Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Fci Usa, Inc.

Fci Americas Technology Inc.

James M Sabo

Chong Hun Yi

Kuan-Yu Chen

Gary Ellsworth Biddle

Joseph Ortega

Kevin E Walker

Clarence Randall Fry

Terrance F Little

Charles Dudley Copper

Tod M Harlan

Stephen Sedio

Pei Tsao

Christopher S Gieski

Brian J Gillespie

An electronic assembly with a sliding power connector mounted on a first substrate. The connector has tracks and terminals with contact fingers. A bus bar may be aligned by the tracks such that contact surfaces on the contact fingers press against contact surfaces on the bus bar. The electronic system may be implemented as a rack, and the electronic assembly may be or include a printed circuit board on which the power connector terminals are mounted. The printed circuit board may slide in and out of the rack while power is supplied from the bus bar to components on the printed circuit board. High reliability may be provided by one or more tabs on the housing that increase mating force of the contact fingers and/or prevent damage to the contact fingers from overstress. The contact fingers may be positioned to increase the lifetime of the system.

High reliability sliding power connector

An electronic assembly with a first substrate and electrical connector terminals mounted on the first substrate. The electrical connector terminals have contact fingers and tracks. A bus bar may be aligned by the tracks such that contact surfaces on the contact fingers press against contact surfaces on the bus bar. The bus bar may slide in the tracks such that, when the bus bar is mounted in an electronic system including the electronic assembly, the electrical connector terminals enable the electronic assembly to slide relative to the bus bar. The electronic system may be implemented as a rack, and the electronic assembly may be or include a printed circuit board on which the electrical connector terminals are mounted. The printed circuit board may be slid in and out of the rack while power is supplied from the bus bar to components on the printed circuit board.

Low cost, high reliability sliding power connectror

A power connector assembly with hermaphroditic power connectors. The housing and the terminals of first and second mating power connectors may have like mating interfaces. The first power connector may include a plurality of first terminals, where the mating portion of each first terminal of the plurality of first terminals includes a first flat portion, and a first bent portion coupled to the first flat portion and including a first set of fingers parallel to the first flat portion. The second power connector may include a plurality of second terminals, where each second terminal of the plurality of second terminals includes a mating portion with a second flat portion, and a second bent portion coupled to the second flat portion and including a second set of fingers parallel to the second flat portion.

Electrical connector with hermaphroditic terminal and housing

An insulation displacement contact includes a monolithic electrically conductive contact body that includes mating portion and a mounting portion. A plurality of the insulation displacement contacts are configured to be delivered to a substrate by a connector housing. The mating portion defines a pair of insulation displacement slots configured to receive an electrical cable so as to place the electrical cable in electrical communication with the substrate through the insulation displacement contact.

Insulation displacement connector

An electrical cable connector is provided that can be configured to be mounted to a printed circuit board. The electrical connector includes a connector housing, and a pair of electrical terminals () that are configured to be mounted to electrical cables (). The electrical terminals () can be identical to each other in one example.

Electrical cable connector

An insulation displacement contact comprises an electrically conductive contact body including a mounting portion that is configured to receive a complementary electrical component so as to contact an electrical terminal of the complementary electrical component, and a mating portion configured to attach to an electrical cable, the mating portion including a slot that extends into the contact body, and at least one piercing member that at least partially defines the slot such that, when the slot receives an electrical cable, the piercing member pierces an outer electrically insulative layer of the electrical cable and contacts an electrical conductor of the electrical cable that is disposed inside the electrically insulative layer.

Insulation displacement connector and contacts thereof

An insulation displacement contact includes a monolithic electrically conductive contact body that includes mating portion and a mounting portion. The mating portion defines a pair of insulation displacement slots configured to receive an electrical cable delivered by a connector housing.

An insulation displacement contact includes a monolithic electrically conductive contact body that includes mating portion and a mounting portion. The mating portion defines a pair of insulation displacement slots configured to receive an electrical cable delivered by a connector housing. The insulation displacement contact includes a retention wall that is received by the connector housing in order to insert the electrical cable into the insulation displacement slots. The connector housing can further receive the insulation displacement contact so as to deliver the mounting portion to a complementary electrical component to which the insulation displacement contact is mounted.

Electrically conductive contact

An optical connector () defining a receiving space () includes an insulative housing (), a plurality of contacts () and an optical fiber module () retained in the insulative housing (). The insulative housing () has a base () and a tongue () extending forwardly from the base (). The base () has a front wall () and a cavity () extending therethrough. The optical fiber module () is received in the cavity () and has at least a position post () extending forwardly beyond the front wall (). A protecting mechanism () extends into the receiving space (). The protecting mechanism () has a front end () arranged at front of the position post () to make the receiving space () having a first insertion length (X) and a second insertion length (Y). The second insertion length (Y) is larger than the first insertion length (X).

Optical connector with protecting mechanism to prevent damage to fiber optic lens

A waveguide connector includes a ferrule with a number of waveguides inserted thereinto. The ferrule includes a front mating surface, a rear surface, front and rear passageways extending through the front and the rear mating surfaces, respectively. The front and the rear passageways are in communication with each other while the front passageway is thinner than the rear passageway. The waveguide each includes a number of cores and a cladding layer enclosing the cores. The front part of the cladding layer is of rectangular shape and includes four peripheral surfaces which are so limited by four inner surfaces of the front passageway, respectively, so as to precisely position the waveguides.

Waveguide connector with improved structure for positioning waveguide into ferrule

An extension to USB includes an insulative tongue portion and a number of contacts held in the insulative tongue portion. The contacts have four conductive contacts and a plurality of differential contacts for transferring differential signals located behind/forward the four standard USB contacts along a front-to-rear direction. The four conductive contacts are adapted for USB 2.0 protocol and the plurality of differential contacts are adapted for non-USB 2.0 protocol. The extension to USB is capable of mating with a complementary standard USB 2.0 connector and a non-USB 2.0 connector, alternatively.

Extension to version 2.0 universal serial bus connector with additional contacts

Extension to version 2.0 Universal Serial Bus connector with additional contacts

A cable assembly () includes an insulative housing () having a base portion () and a tongue portion () extending forwardly from the base portion, a plurality of contacts mounted to the insulated housing; a metal shell () having a tube-shaped mating frame () enclosing the tongue portion therein, and at least a cleat member () formed on a rear portion of the mating frame; and a cable including a number of wires and strength member () therein, said wires respectively connected to the contacts, and said strength member wrapped around the cleat member and sandwiched between the base portion of the insulative housing and the cleat member.

Cable assembly having enhanced interconnection means thereof

A connector () includes an insulative housing () having a base portion (), a first tongue portion () extending forwardly from the base portion and a plurality of first passageways (), the first tongue portion is thinner than the base portion and defines a front mating face (), an upper side face () and a lower side face () opposite to the upper side face. A number of first electrical contacts () are received in the first passageways respectively, the first electrical contacts each defines a first contacting portion (), a first soldering portion () and a first retaining portion () connecting with the first contacting portion and the first soldering portion. A number of optical components () are mounted on the first tongue portion and exposed to exterior through the front mating face.

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Harrisburg, PA, United States of America

James M Sabo